Saturday, February 17, 2018

Quite a lot, as you'll see when you read the tale that hid behind it...

The short story this comic tale is based upon first appeared in the ground-breaking 1960s anthology Dangerous Visions,
a collection of original novelettes and novellas conceived and edited
by Harlan Ellison, which should be on any science fiction fan's
bookshelf or eReader.

Several
of the stories in the anthology, in particular this one and "Riders of
the Purple Wage" by Phillip Jose Farmer, explored the subject of racial
prejudice.

The comic adaptation from the first issue of Marvel's short-lived anthology Worlds Unknown,
is scripted by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Ralph Reese, who began
in 1966 as an assistant to Wally Wood and went solo within a couple of
years, first as an inker, and later as a penciler/inker.

He's done work for all the major comics companies (usually on their anthology titles), as well as stints on the Flash Gordon newspaper strip and licensing art for Childrens' Television Workshop!

BTW, the Grand Comics Database lists John Romita as sole artist of the cover, but, IMHO, the figure poses are clearly Ross Andru, not Romita.

(And the GCD originally listed Marie Severin and Sal Buscema as the artists!)

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When I'm not out fighting crime, I work in the publishing industry, writing and designing everything from magazines to trading cards to comic books!In addition to my "day job", I'm creating and selling stuff based on classic pop culture images that I would buy if someone else offered it, but nobody else does (When was the last time you saw a Purple Claw or Rocket Kelly shirt?), so I have to do it myself!If you've landed here, you probably have at least one interest in common with me. Cool. Hopefully, you'll have a couple of laughs, learn a bit of trivia, and see something you've never seen before. When you're done, leave a comment, or better yet, tell your friends and then buy a magnet or something. Rocket Kelly's feeling decidedly unloved! ;-)